Download coordinates as: Broughton is a rural locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

[3] The Great Northern railway passes through the locality, entering from the north-east (Dotswood) across the Burdekin River and exits to the west (Queenton).

[5] It was north of the Butler Blocks Mine to the east of Diamantina Road (approx 20°08′10″S 146°13′06″E / 20.1362°S 146.2182°E / -20.1362; 146.2182 (Black Jack State School (former))), now within Broughton.

[11][12][13][14][15] At the end of the school year in December 1905, the school had been operating for six weeks and there were about 20 students with teacher Miss Murray, estimated to be around half the children in the area.

[17][18] The precise location of the school is unclear, but the mines which motivated its establishment were located in the Broughton township area immediately north of the Broughton River near its confluence with the Burdekin River (in the vicinity of 20°06′42″S 146°25′11″E / 20.1118°S 146.4198°E / -20.1118; 146.4198 (Broughton State School (former, approximate))).